Studies on depth-dose-distribution controls by deuteration and void formation in boron neutron capture therapy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 3367-3378

  Sakurai, Yoshinori ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY WATER; DEPTH-DOSE DISTRIBUTION;

BORON; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAMMA RAYS; HEAVY WATER; NEUTRONS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; BODY WATER; CALCULATION; CEPHALOMETRY; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; NEUTRON RADIATION; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION FIELD; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

BODY BURDEN; BODY FLUIDS; BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEUTERIUM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 4444375306     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/49/15/004     Document Type: Article

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